WASHINGTON: The United States "does not recognize the legitimacy" of upcoming Russian parliamentary elec ...

WASHINGTON: The United States "does not recognize the legitimacy" of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea, the State Department said Friday. "The United States does not recogni ...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow has no intention of cutting relations wi ...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow has no intention of cutting relations with Kiev. "Despite the reluctance of current Kiev authorities to have full diplomatic relations ...

Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea a ...

Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea, wh ...

Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get s ...

Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into Crimea and dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside the annexed peninsula. The F ...

The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over its annexation ...

The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula two years ago, but the Kremlin said Crimea was Russian land and ...

Russia has declared a state of emergency in Crimea after Ukrainian nationalists reportedly blew up pylons ...

Russia has declared a state of emergency in Crimea after Ukrainian nationalists reportedly blew up pylons supplying electricity to the region’s two million residents. The Russian Energy Ministry confi ...